🎧 Listen: In today's episode of The Journal podcast, IanTalley details the complicated origins of the drones increasingly used by Russia in its war on Ukraine
This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated.Speaker 1: We turn now to the war in Ukraine. A new Russian missile and drone attacks taking out power plants across Ukraine.
Kate Linebaugh: That's Olena Tregub, who runs a nonprofit that's currently working with the Ukrainian military. They're trying to figure out the answer to a question, where is Russia getting its drones? Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Kate Linebaugh. It's Monday, November 28th. Coming up on the show, the complicated origins of Russia's drones.
Kate Linebaugh: The Ukrainian military and Western officials suspected that the drones were coming from Iran. In the last decade, Iran has developed one of the most powerful drone programs in the world, and it has used its drones in hundreds of attacks around the Middle East. Kate Linebaugh: A Kremlin spokesperson said the Russian army used only domestically produced equipment. Earlier this month, Iran's foreign minister acknowledged the country had supplied drones to Russia, but said the transfer happened before the invasion of Ukraine. US officials dispute that claim. One big reason it was surprising that these drones came from Iran is the fact that for decades, Iran has been under strict sanctions by the West.
Kate Linebaugh: NAKO's been working with the Ukrainian military to deconstruct the drones. What they found is that a lot of the components Iran uses aren't from Iran, but from the US. What was your reaction when you discovered that some of these components came from the US? Kate Linebaugh: According to a NAKO report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, roughly half those components were made by firms based in the US, nearly a third were from companies in Japan, and some were from companies in Germany and Israel.
Kate Linebaugh: In some cases, these companies sell to third party distributors. One company told Ian that without access to the device itself, they can't say whether it's legitimate or counterfeit and how it ended up where it ended up.
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